Regular Port Commission Meeting
Regular MeetingPort Lavaca, TX · May 19, 2026
Agenda
REGULAR PORT COMMISSION MEETING
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
City Council Chambers | 202 N. Virginia Street, Port Lavaca TX 77979
PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING
The following item will be addressed at this or any other meeting of the Port Commission upon the
request of the chairman, any member(s) of Port Commission and/or the City Attorney:
Announcement by the Chairman that Port Commission will retire into closed session for
consultation with City Attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the Port
Commission under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct of the state bar of Texas
clearly conflicts with the open meetings act (title 5, chapter 551, section 551.071(2) of the
Texas government code).
(All matters listed under the Consent Agenda item are routine by the Port Commission and will be
enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired,
that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.)
AGENDA
Port Commission will consider/discuss the following items and take any action deemed necessary.
MEETING PROCEDURE
Public notice is hereby given that the Port Commission of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, will hold a
meeting TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026, beginning at 3:30 p.m., at the regular meeting place in Council
Chambers at City Hall, 202 North Virginia Street, Port Lavaca, Texas, to consider the following items of
business:
The meeting will also be available via the video conferencing application “ZOOM”.
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ROLL CALL
Port Lavaca, TX REGULAR PORT COMMISSION MEETING May 19, 2026
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC - (Limited to 3 minutes per individual unless permission to speak
longer is received in advance. You may make public comments as you would at a meeting by logging on
with your computer and using "Join Zoom Meeting" information on first page of this agenda).
CONSENT AGENDA
The Port Commission will consider the following items and take any action deemed necessary.
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the April 21, 2026, Regular Port Commission Meeting
2. RECEIVE HARBOR MASTER'S INSPECTION / MAINTENANCE REPORT
Receive Harbor Master's Inspection Report for April 2026.
REPORTS
3. RECEIVE FINANCIAL REPORTS OF PORT REVENUE FUND
a) Tariff Report
b) Account Aging Report
c) Payment Report
d) Profit and Loss Cash Flow Report
e) Revenue and Expenditures
f ) Balance Report, Property Tax Distribution
g) Purchase Order Report
4. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
1.) Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT)
Coastal Resiliency Living Shoreline Project
Port Lavaca, TX REGULAR PORT COMMISSION MEETING May 19, 2026
2.) ReStore (cleanup of old barge(s) in Smith Harbor)
3.) Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG- MIT)
Round 2 Replacement of Culverts Under the Rail at Corporation
Ditch at the Harbor of Refuge and Voluntary Restoration of Harbor
of Refuge Shoreline
4.) General Land Office (GLO) Coastal Erosion Planning &
Response Act (CEPRA) Grant (Harbor of Refuge Shoreline
Protection)
5.) Matagorda Bay Mitigation Trust (MBMT) Grant Downtown
Waterfront Public Access Improvement
6.) Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Truck Route Signs
7.) Parking Area on SBA Steel Property at the Harbor of Refuge
(HOR) Boat Ramp
8.) Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Maritime Division
9.) 2026-2027 Budget
5. RECEIVE HARBOR MASTER'S OPERATIONS, PROMOTION/DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITY REPORT
a) City Harbor
b) Nautical Landings Building
c) Nautical Landings Marina
d) Smith Harbor
e) Harbor of Refuge
ACTION ITEMS: NEW BUSINESS
6. HEAR PRESENTATION FROM KEVIN AND SASHA NEVAREZ REGARDING THEIR
PROPOSED BUSINESS OPERATIONS AT 212 S. COMMERCE, ADJACENT TO
SMITH HARBOR
7. DISCUSS THE PLANS FOR THE PROJECT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SMITH
HARBOR
Port Lavaca, TX REGULAR PORT COMMISSION MEETING May 19, 2026
8. DISCUSS PORT COMMISSION GOALS FOR THE BUDGET YEAR 2027.
9. DISCUSS 2026-2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
ACTION ITEMS: LEASES
COMMENTS
10. COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING NOTICE
This is to certify that the above notice of a regular meeting of The Port Commission of The City of Port
Lavaca, scheduled for Tuesday, May 19, 2026, beginning at 3:30 p.m., was posted at City Hall, easily
accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
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Oralia G. Munoz, Administrative Assistant
ADA NOTICE
The Port Lavaca City Hall and Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible. Access to the building is
available at the primary north entrance facing Mahan Street. Special parking spaces are located in the
Mahan Street parking area. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Port
Lavaca will provide for reasonable accommodations for persons attending meetings. To better serve you,
requests should be received 24 hours prior to the meetings. Please contact City Secretary Mandy Grant
at (361) 552-9793 Ext. 230 for assistance.
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